MedShare engages a thriving volunteer corps of over 20,000 individuals annually in order to fulfill its mission of improving the quality of life of people and our planet. The Volunteer Program Associate plays an integral role is keeping recovered medical supplies out of the landfill, and available for hospitals and clinics in developing countries. They lead medical product sorting sessions, complete administrative tasks within the Volunteer Program, and collaborate with other Southeast operations and program staff to ensure an efficient flow of recovered medical product is available for shipping. The Volunteer Program Associate plays a crucial role in conveying the mission of MedShare to the public and ensuring that products are sorted and prepared accurately in order to be matched with the needs of partnering healthcare facilities throughout the globe.

Reports To: Volunteer Program Manager, SE

Type of Position: Full-Time, (Tuesday – Saturday)

Duties & Responsibilities:

Lead group volunteer sorting sessions of medical supplies, including Saturday sort sessions.

Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of volunteer work, making improvements in collaboration with the Volunteer Program Manager to help MedShare’s volunteers do high-quality work as efficiently as possible.

Provide other support as needed to the SE Volunteer Program, including:

Basic knowledge of medical products or experience working in a hospital setting a plus.

Experience living or working with diverse groups, international experience, or fluency in a second language a plus.

Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter and salary requirements to: jobs@medshare.org with “Volunteer Program Associate” in the subject line. A slate of successful candidates will be invited for interviews. Due to the large number of resumes generated, only successful candidates will be contacted. Phone calls are discouraged.

MedShare is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on age, gender, race or ethnic origin, religion, veteran status, physical or medical condition, political affiliations or sexual orientation.